Bøger af Lawrence Lessig

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In Fidelity & Constraint, Lawrence Lessig explains that one of the most basic approaches to interpreting the constitution is the process of translation. Indeed, some of the most significant shifts in constitutional doctrine are products of the translation process, the methods of which have shifted over time. In each new temporal context, judges understand their translations as instances interpretive fidelity. That is, judges 'translate; framing values according to whatever the current interpretive context is.

Lawrence Lessig, "the most important thinker on intellectual property in the Internet era" (The New Yorker), masterfully argues that never before in human history has the power to control creative progress been so concentrated in the hands of the powerful few, the so-called Big Media. Never before have the cultural powers- that-be been able to exert such control over what we can and can't do with the culture around us. Our society defends free markets and free speech; why then does it permit such top-down control? To lose our long tradition of free culture, Lawrence Lessig shows us, is to lose our freedom to create, our freedom to build, and, ultimately, our freedom to imagine.

Hvordan store medieaktører bruker teknologi og rettsvesenet til å begrense kulturen og kontrollere kreativiteten.Fri kultur er en underholdende og viktig titt på fortid og fremtid for den kalde krigen mellom mediaindustrien og nye teknologier. - Marc Andreessen, medstifter av Netscape.Fri kultur går videre fra å sette fokus på katastrofen økende regulering er for kulturen vår, og viser eksempler på hvordan vi kan skape en annerledes fremtid. Denne nye typen helter og eksempler er fundert i tradisjonen til grunnlovsforfatterne på en måte som virker opplagt etter at en har lest denne boka. Anbefales lest av dem som forsøker å se forbi de høylydte overdrivelsene som omgir 'intellektuell eiendom.' - Brewster Kahle, stifter av Internett-arkivet.Bokens nettsted er http://free-culture.cc/ .

How big media uses technology and the law to lock down culture and control creativity. "Free Culture is an entertaining and important look at the past and future of the cold war between the media industry and new technologies." - Marc Andreessen, cofounder of Netscape. "Free Culture goes beyond illuminating the catastrophe to our culture of increasing regulation to show examples of how we can make a different future. These new-style heroes and examples are rooted in the traditions of the founding fathers in ways that seem obvious after reading this book. Recommended reading to those trying to unravel the shrill hype around 'intellectual property.'" - Brewster Kahle, founder of the Internet Archive. The web site for the book is http://free-culture.cc/.

Lessig highlights the newest cultural war being waged on those who create and consume art. Arguing that we reject a copyright system that criminalizes the value of protecting art, he offers an inspiring vision of the post-war world where opportunities await those who view art as a resource to be shared openly rather than a commodity to be hoarded.

This second edition, or Version 2.0, of Code has been prepared through the author's wiki, a web site that allows readers to edit the text, making this the first reader-edited revision of a popular book